dungeon

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• /ˈdʌn.d͡ʒən/
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From Middle English dongeoun (“keep of a castle; dungeon; abyss, cave, den; whirlpool”), from Anglo-Norman donjun (“keep of a castle; keep used as a prison; dungeon”) and continental Old French donjon (“keep of a castle”), from Vulgar Latin *dominiōnem, seemingly derived from Latin dominus (“master, lord”) perhaps via some figurative sense like “dominant building”. Doublet of donjon. The sense of “prison (associated with a castle)”, first attested in Anglo-Norman (13th c.) and apparently never in continental Old French, likely developed in combination with Old English dung (“underground prison cell”), whence Middle English donge (“pit, abyss”, senses that are also attested for Middle English dongeoun). The game term has been popularized by Dungeons & Dragons.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: dhomë e nëndheshmë — underground prison or vault
• Arabic: زِنْزَانَة (zinzāna) — underground prison or vault
• Arabic: دَيْمَاس (daymās) — underground prison or vault
• Armenian: զնդան (zndan) — underground prison or vault
• Bulgarian: тъмница (tǎmnica) — underground prison or vault
• Catalan: calabós — underground prison or vault
• Catalan: tàvega — underground prison or vault
• Catalan: masmorra — underground prison or vault
• Chinese Mandarin: 地牢 (dìláo) — underground prison or vault
• Danish: fangekælder — underground prison or vault
• Dutch: kerker — underground prison or vault
• Esperanto: kelkarcero — underground prison or vault
• Esperanto: karcero — underground prison or vault
• Esperanto: ublieto — underground prison or vault
• Esperanto: forgesejo — underground prison or vault
• Esperanto: forgeskelo — underground prison or vault
• Finnish: vankityrmä — underground prison or vault
• Finnish: tyrmä — underground prison or vault
• French: oubliette — underground prison or vault
• French: cachot — underground prison or vault
• Galician: cábozo — underground prison or vault
• Galician: baño — underground prison or vault
• Galician: cárcere — underground prison or vault
• Georgian: დილეგი (dilegi) — underground prison or vault
• German: Verlies — underground prison or vault
• German: Kerker — underground prison or vault
• Greek: μπουντρούμι (bountroúmi) — underground prison or vault
• Ancient Greek: γόργυρα (górgura) — underground prison or vault
• Hebrew: צִינוֹק (tzinóq) — underground prison or vault
• Hindi: काल कोठरी (kāl koṭhrī) — underground prison or vault
• Hindi: भाकसी (bhāksī) — underground prison or vault
• Hindi: कारागार (kārāgār) — underground prison or vault
• Hindi: अंधकुप (andhkup) — underground prison or vault
• Hindi: क़ैदख़ाना (qaidxānā) — underground prison or vault
• Hindi: कैदखाना (kaidkhānā) — underground prison or vault
• Hindi: बन्दीघर (bandīghar) — underground prison or vault
• Hindi: भूगृह (bhūgŕh) — underground prison or vault
• Hindi: तहखाना (tahkhānā) — underground prison or vault
• Hungarian: kazamata — underground prison or vault
• Hungarian: földalatti börtön — underground prison or vault
• Hungarian: tömlöc — underground prison or vault
• Icelandic: dýflissa — underground prison or vault
• Ido: karcero — underground prison or vault
• Indonesian: penjara bawah tanah — underground prison or vault
• Indonesian: terungku — underground prison or vault
• Irish: doinsiún — underground prison or vault
• Italian: prigione sotterranea — underground prison or vault
• Italian: segreta — underground prison or vault
• Japanese: 地下牢 (chikarō) — underground prison or vault
• Korean: 던전 (deonjeon) — underground prison or vault
• Latin: carcer — underground prison or vault
• Latin: robur — underground prison or vault
• Laz: დილეღი (dileği) — underground prison or vault
• Macedonian: зандана (zandana) — underground prison or vault
• Māori: poka herehere — underground prison or vault
• Middle English: dongeoun — underground prison or vault
• Mingrelian: დილეკი (dileḳi) — underground prison or vault
• Norwegian: fangekjeller — underground prison or vault
• Norwegian: fangehull — underground prison or vault
• Old English: dung — underground prison or vault
• Old English: dimhūs — underground prison or vault
• Pannonian Rusyn: цемнїца (cemnjica) — underground prison or vault
• Persian: سیاهچال (siyâhčâl) — underground prison or vault
• Persian: گریچه (goriče) — underground prison or vault
• Polish: loch — underground prison or vault
• Polish: ciemnica — underground prison or vault
• Portuguese: masmorra — underground prison or vault
• Portuguese: calabouço — underground prison or vault
• Portuguese: calaboiço — underground prison or vault
• Russian: темни́ца (temníca) — underground prison or vault
• Russian: склеп (sklep) — underground prison or vault
• Russian: подземе́лье (podzemélʹje) — underground prison or vault
• Serbo-Croatian: донжон кула — underground prison or vault
• Slovene: ječa — underground prison or vault
• Spanish: mazmorra — underground prison or vault
• Spanish: calabozo — underground prison or vault
• Svan: დჷლიგ (dəlig) — underground prison or vault
• Swedish: fängelsehåla — underground prison or vault
• Tagalog: bartolina — underground prison or vault
• Turkish: zindan — underground prison or vault
• Ottoman Turkish: زندان (zındân, zindân) — underground prison or vault
• Ukrainian: темни́ця (temnýcja) — underground prison or vault
• Ukrainian: підземе́лля (pidzeméllja) — underground prison or vault
• Vietnamese: tầng hâm — underground prison or vault
• Walloon: roveyrece — underground prison or vault
• Welsh: daeardy — underground prison or vault
• Catalan: torre mestra — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Catalan: torre de l'homenatge — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Chinese Mandarin: 城堡主樓 /城堡主楼 (chéngbǎo zhǔlóu) — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Chinese Mandarin: 樓櫓 /楼橹 (lóulǔ) — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Esperanto: loĝejturo — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Finnish: keskustorni — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• French: donjon — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Galician: crochel — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• German: Donjon — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Hungarian: vártorony — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Italian: torrione — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Middle English: dongeoun — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Polish: donżon — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Portuguese: torre de menagem — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Russian: гла́вная ба́шня (glávnaja bášnja) — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Russian: донжо́н (donžón) — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon
• Spanish: mazmorra — the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon